Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-04
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From tho Jac kscn Mass Clarion. |
The South has been the land ot enter
prises oi great pith aud moment, rather
than the nursery of scribbersA Sne has made
history for others to write aud sell.
For more than loo years the grand march
of the American intellect has been projected
from Southern brains
The tine moral aud intellectual organize
ton of Southern children has heretofore
been largely due to the fact that their mothers
were exempt from the hardships OF physical
dtujgery and the depressing effects OF im-
pending want
A Southern man ted the patriotic armies
to victory aud established the poss Utilities OF
the proudest ustion on the earth. a South
ern man was prime mover oi the convention
that framed the constitution. When the
government WAS created its organic laws
were still An uuex planned book, n pondeIous
oar in unskiiied hands.
1t WAS lett for the greatest legal mind OF
the age, \ Southern chtei justice, to anal
SEs and stamp upon II the construction
which will oe accepted ~ long as the consIi'
| tuition is suspected.
\ Southern man framed the ordinance for
| the organization aud government OF the great
| North western territory, on instrument sec.
| oud in importance only to the constitution
| OF the United States.
A southern msn WAS the author of TIE re-
| publican theory OF popular government,
l
| our greatest prosperity, peace snd happi-
ness oI the iiiteen presidents of the Con
| ttnental Congress eight were from slave
| states
Where is there Al example "f modern sea
manship that will compare with the daring
aud brilliant cruise OF Admiral Semmes,
| who with single ship swept from TIE seas
| the commerce ofa great nation? VINO WAS
| II that mapped the geography Oi the seas
explained their secret phenomena, blazsd
! out on the track tess ocean the shortest and
| safest highways tor the commerce OF the
| world, by his 4" Wind aud Current Charts "
| and his " Sailing Directions, saving to the
| United States millions of dollars annually
ON outgoing tonnage alone Matthew r.
Maury, a southern man TO the core, aud by
| common consent OF all nations accorded the
| proud title of " Philosopher OF the Seas.
| Where is there parallel to Audubon, the
| naturalist and ornitnoloSlst OF the world
| Chloroform, that has ruoted the surgeon,
knite OF all its terrots, was first applied by 1
| Southern ply siciau.
The two greatest eras in surgery for thu
last two centuries, in fact two of the greatest
In surgical history, were marked by two
Southern ply siciaus, Ephram Mcdowell
of Kentucky, and j. Marion sims, OF Ala
| bamA. In their respective branches the sur
| gerry of the whole enlightened world recog
nizss aud follows the leadership OF thes'
| famous men.
Ben Hill WAS the only man in Americ
. | who ever made $1,000 GOO as the direct prod
uct of his brain, independent OF investmen
| or speculation in addition to which he gav'
!. | fifteen OF his best Years to active public ser
| vice.
The only approximation to his record wa
| that OF another Southern lawyer, Judah Z
| Ben amin, who went to England after tn
| meridian of life and became the leading jur
| ist In that land Of great lawyers
i From lIS9 to 1858, \ period of slxty.fou
= | years, embracing eleven adm inistrationa, tn
,! | slave states furnished eight presidents, who's
;, | terms OF service covered httytwo year
a During the same time the tree states iu
~ nished three pre- sidents, whose combine
u, ~ terms covered twelve years
y OF the twelve vice presidents, four We
from slave states.
80 Under these eleven administrations Il
=, slave states supplied fourteen secretaries
nv | state, eleven secretaries of war, six seer
y, taries OF the treasury nine secretaries Of q
IL navy and eight postmaster generals
's OF thirty-one speakers OF the House tive
!. ty-twp were from slave states
VI " OF five chief justices, two and the only ~
10 OF great emiDence, were from slave states
" OF twenty-nine associate Justices seye
is teen were from slave states.
10 OF twenty.nine attorney generals fourtet
w w were from slave states.
IL IL OF ls5 public ministers In foreign couutri
III ninety nine were from slave states. Wit
Va " out going further into exhaustive details 4
." which material Is abundant, We iirm, wit
| out fear OF decent denial, that along the lin
:, | OF these fifty 1.-TWO years are ranged all Il
~ broad aud lofty conceptions of statesmansh
u, ~ all the bold and fruitful enterprises, all Il
"a grand and comprehensive achievement
=, from which have evolved the pride, Il
w. power and the glory OF the American peop!